- Response of the Russian Ministry of Defense to the Human Rights Watch report “Wrongs of Passage.”

Update:

A gruesome case of hazing on December 31, 2005, which resulted in a conscript
needing to have his legs and genitals amputated, once again pushed violent
hazing in Russia’s military into the spotlight. The Ministry of Defense
belatedly took steps to address this case, but it maintains that violent hazing
is not a widespread problem in Russia’s military. In fact, though, the
practice of hazing has resulted in the death of dozens of young soldiers every
year, and serious damage to the physical and mental health of thousands of
others.